Name: Eight Beaver Islanders complete Emergency Medical Responder training, 2010
Start: 2010-02-01
End: 2010-02-03
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2010-02-01 – 2010-02-03
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-managementeducationhealthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Eight Beaver Islanders passed the practical and written examinations of an Emergency Medical Responder program taught by Sarah McCafferty in February 2010. The Beacon said they would next sit for the National Registry Examination and could then seek state licensing.

Evidence limits

The article documents course completion and planned certification steps, not National Registry results, state licenses, or later EMS response records.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 2010, "EMS Expands."
Reports eight named Islanders passing practical and written exams in an Emergency Medical Responder program and preparing for the National Registry Examination and possible state licensing. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 2010, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the training report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-03_Beaver-Beacon
Pam Moxham, "Sarah & the Emr class," Beaver Island Forum, February 4, 2010.
The community report says eight students passed practical and written examinations and were preparing for national exams in Traverse City. It names the class members and instructor; the newspaper remains stronger for the final certification outcome.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002160

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Beaver Island Archive, “Eight Beaver Islanders complete Emergency Medical Responder training, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-emr-certification-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2010, "EMS Expands." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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